[Cialug] computers in unusual conditions

[Nathan C. Smith]

You might want to look at one of the air-cooled mini-itx computers for that.
You can easily drop them into a large PC case with ample room for
ambient-air cooling.  You could also seal it into a tupperware or rubbermaid
and power it with a 12 volt adapter.  If you want to avoid moving parts
entirely you can use a CF card to run from.

They also have a plethora of connectors on them - usb, serial, parallel,
etc.  The board themselves run less than $150 add some memory and a power
supply and you have a very capable device.
'http://www.logicsupply.com/product_info.php/cPath/21/products_id/268'

If you can't tell, I'm a fan of the mini-itxs, they are a neat platform.


-Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Davis [mailto:jeff.davis@ega.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 2:23 PM
To: cialug@cialug.org
Subject: [Cialug] computers in unusual conditions



I'm curious if anyone on the list has deployed computers into abnormal
situations. e.g. A PC for data collection in an unheated/non-cooled building
in Iowa where the year round
      ambient temp range is dramatic.

I know you can buy 'rugged' equipment that will handle such extremes, but in
this case I'm already looking at using a hand-me-down PII 500 which is more
than sufficient for the task.





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Jeff Davis

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